Posts Tagged ‘ Chinese language ’

Teaching Chinese (and China) in the United States

May 10, 2010
By C. Custer
Teaching Chinese (and China) in the United States

Chinese teachers face a hard culture shock when they start working in American schools.
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Will Americans Learn Chinese?

February 10, 2010
By C. Custer

As an American who speaks Chinese and a high school Chinese teacher, it was with some interest that I read the NYT’s most recent Room For Debate blog entry. With the caveat that, if my experience when I was asked to write something for RfD was any indication, the editors are looking from specific...
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What is Chinese Dyslexia?

October 15, 2009
By C. Custer

Thank god for trackbacks. A recent link from Harper’s Magazine (!) led us to their post, which in turn led us to this fascinating article about dyslexia among Chinese speakers. For those who don’t know, dyslexia is actually a general term for a group of disorders “that involve difficulty in learning to read or...
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Should Americans Be Learning Chinese?

May 2, 2009
By C. Custer

First of all, apologies for the recent lack of updates. It is possible this will continue. Your correspondent is currently rather sick, and also in the process of packing to move back to America while looking for jobs there teaching, if you can believe it, Chinese. Yesterday Evan Osnos mentioned in a post of...
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